Combination-tool.



No. 8863 987. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

J. M. KIEHLE. COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22. 1907.

WTNESSES v INVENTOH' 4/Mz. JAMES IVLKIEHLE a 6.31M W A TTORNE Y8 UNITEDSTATES JAMES M. KIEHLE, OF COUDERSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed November 22, 1907. Serial No. 403,297.

-To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, JAMES M. KIEHLE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Coudersport, in the county of Potter and State ofPennsylvania, have made certain new and useful ImprovementsinCombination-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in combination tools and consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof-Figure 1 is aperspective view of the tool. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of thepoll and the staple pulling tool.

The present embodiment of my invention, comprises a flat shank A havingnear one end a pollvB, the free end of the shack being curved upwardlyas at D, and slotted as at E to form a claw. The sides of the slot areflared sli htly outward as shown at Fig. 2, and are s arpened as at G.The side of the poll adjacent to the shank, is provided with a pin Cprojecting parallel with the said shank, and adapted to act as a sta lepuller opposite end of the shank is ent at an angle to the shank properas at N, and the free end of the angular portion is sharpened as at Oand is adapted to act as a chisel or a screw driver. v

At the end of the shank pro er adjacent to the angular portion, is provied an opening The -H, and a slot K leads from the opening toward theopposite. end of the shank, and the edges-of'the slot are-turneddown asat M and sharpened. The slot and the ,hole, are adapted to serve as anail puller in opening boxes. In using the nail puller, the tool isturned on the side withthe opening H directly above the nail, and thetool is pushed along I A tool comprising ashank having at one end alaterally projecting poll, and provided on the side of the poll facingtoward the butt of theshank'with a pin approximately paral-- lel withthe shank, and a claw extended beyond the back of the poll and curvedoutwardly and away from said poll, the curved part of the claw forming afulcrum in pulling the staples and stretching wire in cooperation withthe poll and pin, and the poll forming a fulcrum in cooperation with theplaw in the pperation of the latter, substantially as set orth.

JAMES M. KIEHLE.

Witness es T. J. OWENS,

FRANK MQNAMARA.

